A car has burst into flames at Heathrow airport, causing delays and diversions in the area.
London Fire Brigade said four fire engines and around 25 firefighters rushed to the scene in a multi-storey car park at Terminal 3 of Heathrow airport.
A video shared on social media, believed to be from the scene, showed smoke pouring out of the first floor of a multi-storey car park.
The fire services said the main tunnel going into Heathrow’s terminals 1, 2 and 3 was closed while crews tried to bring the situation under control. The airport itself remained fully operational.
A Heathrow spokesperson said: “Earlier this morning our teams responded to a small vehicle fire in the Multi Storey Car Park for Terminal 3. The fire was quickly extinguished and no injuries reported. The car park has now reopened and the rest of the airport continues to operate as normal. We apologise to passengers for any inconvenience.”
Buses travelling to Heathrow this morning were also forced to terminate.
Arriva Herts and Essex said in a statement on X: “Good morning, due to a fire in Heathrow, the 724 service will be unable to serve the Greenways stop or Lees Road stop in both directions, the buses will be terminating and starting from terminal 5.”
It comes as a major crash this morning at J14 on the M25 means there are already significant delays in that direction, with National Highways reporting roughly an hour's worth of queues.
London Fire Brigade said a collision between a car and a lorry in the early hours of the morning left one man hospitalised and forced the closure of the road.
The road is not expected to open again until mid-afternoon.
